Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-15
Local News.

JAS Spensley went to Galena on
Monday to visit his mother who is
very i'll.
Frank James, who was stabbed at
Belmont on July 4th is recovering
from his wounds.
George f. Cabanis, the new principal
of the Mineral Point public schools,
was in town during the week.
The great northern Wisconsin fair
and exposition for 1887 will be held at
Oshkosh, Sept. 9Th to 9th inclusive.
John Swenson, of Adamsville, was
in town on Monday. He says that the
prospects for crops are fairly good in
his section of the country.
The saloonkeepers Of Cassville have
paid fines Of $50 and cost each for sell
ling liquor not to be used on the pre-
misses, to Iowa parties, without prOcur-
ing wholesale license.
Philip Eden, of this city, went to
Chicago on Monday to attend the
annual meeting of the national edu-
cational association. He will probably
not return for some weeks.
Parties who have not received copy
.F hn 1a,t 81 I,
Point fair of 1887, will please call for
the same at the Office of the secretary,
Delos p. Beech, or at the Democrat
office
The newspapers of Darlington highly
praise the music rendered by the Min
eral Point band on July 4th. Some of
their comments will be found in the
quotations from our local exchanges
published in another column.
VIM. A. Amberg and wife of Chicago
accompanied by their son, John Am
berg, Jr., came up on Saturday last for
a short visit with J. +. LaMalIe and
family. They returned home again on
Tuesday morning.
Capt. Farquharson, warden of the
southwestern district, has about twenty
traps removed from trout streams.
Land owners had them on their own
.
used for many years.
w. J. Penhallegon, of the firm of
J. Penhallegon x Son, dealers in boots
and shoes, has gone to Chicago, Mil
waukee and other places to buy stock
of goods. He will return with boots
and shoes for the million.
Henry Cunningham, of Cobb, was
caller at the Democrat on Saturday
last. He says that, with the exception
of corn, crops will be very light; but
don't think it will do any good to look
sOrrowful on that account.
The dealers in farm machinery in
this city have sold more binders this
season than they ever sold in any pre-
vious year 1t would seem that there
must be considerable grain to be har-
vested in this section.
Joseph Ellery X Sons, builders, start
ed on Tuesday morning for Monroe,
where they will work on the new insane
asylum for Green county. They are
good workmen and the people of Green
county may be assured of the wood
work on their new asylum being done
in thorough and substantial manner.
Rev. Owen Kelley, of st. Patrick's
church, Chicago, visited in this city
during the past week, the guest of
Rev. Jas. O'keefe, pastor of st. Paul's
church. On Wednesday morning Fa-
theirs O'keefe and Kelley started to-
gether for Il western trip to Iowa,
NtbldShd dllu tOlOEdUO.
\ force of men started to work on
Thursday morning to repair the Min
eral Point and Dodgeville telephone
line. \ new line of posts will be set
the entire distance and the line put
in first class order. The Improvement
of the line has been badly needed for
some time past, and will prove a great
convenience to both Dodgeville and
Mineral Point
On Saturday last George Chamlcy
| sold to Bliss X Reed, butchers of this
city, high grade steer. seventeen
! months old. which weighed 1850 lbs,
and dressed 1l9 lbs, or about 675 lbs
to the one hundred. The animal was
indeed a fine one. George is not an
extensive breeder of cattle. but is de
| termined that what he does raise shall
be far above the average.
The town of Hurley was again visited
by fire on last Saturday evening The
fire started in a theatre and rapidly
spread destroying the remaining bust
ness portion of the town. Fourteen OF
more persons persisted in the flames
The financial loss is estimated at two
hundred thousand dollars. The mill
inery store of Miss Jessie Coates. for.
merly of this city, was among the prop,
erty destroyed.
The Madison Democrat: Our fel.
low-townSman, Hon. Burr W. Jones
returned from GAINESVILLE. yesterday
where he won an important suit. H,
obtained divorce for Mrs. Arthur
from the Rev. c. NJ. Arthur, and mad,
her still more happy by Citing from
the father four little children. Bruta
treatment was the ground for divorce
and Mr.. Jones took hold of the cas-,
and worked for the much abused wifi,
alike man n moving"